The characters are being played by Hera Hilmar and Rob Sheehan born who each were born in 1988 (making them each 29 ish) so the characters have been aged up for the movie. Although the Continent itself is not mentioned, it does refer to both the American Empire and MEDUSA.

Predator's Gold. I claim no ownership over the characters Hester and Tom or any content relating to Mortal Engines, they belong to Philip Reeve.

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The Mortal Engines movie changed Hester's appearance, and the excuses from the director and Peter Jackson only make it worse. Mortal Engines. 666_Yumiko_666 3,584 views

Pennyroyal offers them ten sovereigns, and despite Hester's reluctance, the pair decide to take him as a passenger.

She is a main character of Infernal Devices.

Her best friend is Tildy Smew, a girl who she grew up with in Anchorage-in-Vineland.

Her father is Tom Natsworthy and her mother is Hester Shaw and by the end of A Darkling Plain, she has become engaged to Theo Ngoni. In Predator's Gold, it plays a much larger role, being the destination and ultimate home of the city Anchorage.

Wren Natsworthy is the daughter of Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw. By the time Tom and Hester each both die at the end of A Darkling Plain, they are close to 34, if not already that age.

Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw went there in order to escape the attacking Green Storm fighter Hester takes an immediate disliking toward him, whilst Tom recalls hearing about Pennyroyal on London, which prompts him to convince Hester to take the bumbling professor with them.